Car-mover.



PATENTED FEB. 25. 19GB.

G. E. BNGBARTH.

GAR MOVER.

APPLIOATION FILED Nov.a,19o7.

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PATENTED 513.25, 1908.

C. E. ENGBARTH. GAR MOVBR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. B. 1007. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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CHARLIE EDWARD ENGBARTH, OF OCEAN SPRINGS. MISSISSIPPI.

CAR-MOVER.

speeicatio of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1908.

Application filed November 8. 1907. Serial No. 401,286.

T 0 all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLIE EDWARD ENGBARTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ocean Springs, in the county of Jackson and State of Mississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car- Movers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for moving cars, Vand has special reference to a device for insertion between the rails and the wheels of a car to pinch the car along the rails to the position or point desired.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap and effective device for pinching and moving cars along tracks, one which can easily and conveniently be carried from place to place for use and operation, which can be quickly and securely applied to the rail and engaged with the wheels of a car, and which presents novel features whereby the handle of the device may be readily lengthenedor shortened to comply to the extent of leverage required in moving a car.

To these and other ends the invention resides in the novel construction of elements and their arrangement in operative combination as will hereinafter be more fully described'and claimed.

In the drawings,-Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device, illustrating in dotted lines its application upon a car wheel, Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the lever employed with my device, Fig. 4is avertical sectional view upon the line 4-4 of Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a slight modification, Fig. 6 is a similar view of a further modified form of lever, Fig. 7 is a still further modified form of lever, and Fig. 8 is a section upon the line 8 8 of Fig. 5,

As illustrated in the drawings my improved car mover comprises primarily a pinch bar or lever 1 and a fulcrum block 2.

As illustrated more clearly in Fig. 4 of the drawing the fulcrum block 2 comprises a central portion 3 and side plates 4 and 5, extending above the block and provided with the cylindrical openings 6 and 7. The side plates 4 and 5 are secured to the center block 3 by the screws or bolts 8, thus providing means whereby the plates may be readily and easily removed from the block.

The faces of the side plates 4 and 5 and center block 3 are providedy near their lower faces with the substantially diamond shaped become worn or broken, the block may be l readily removed and reinserted within the opening of the fulcrum block to present a different biting face, and this process may be l repeated until all four of the biting faces of the block are worn orbroken, when, of course, a new block must be substituted.

A pin 12, preferably cylindrical in cross section and provided upon each of its ends with reduced trunnions 13 is adapted for engagement with the cylindrical opening 14 formed upon the lever 1, and the trunnions 18 are adapted for engagement with the openings 6 and 7 of the side plates 4 and 5.

The lever 1 comprises a face portion 15 having a toe 16 of lesser width than the face 15, and having its sides tapered or cut-away as at 17, to provide a bearing for the flange of a car wheel, and the lever portion 19 arranged at an angle from the face portion 15. The lever portion 15 of the car mover is provided upon each of its side faces with a squared projection 20, the purpose of which will hereinafter appear, and is tapered as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and. is provided near its extremity with a squared portion 21 and a cylindrical threaded portion 22. A cylindrical washer 23 having a beveled outer face and a squared central orifice is adapted to,

engage the squared portion 21 of the lever 19 and to be retained thereon by a nut 24 engaging with the threaded portion 22 of the lever, the purpose of this construction will hereinafter be fully explained.

From the foregoing description it will be observed that I have constructed an extremely simple device for pinching car wheels, one which may be readily placed upon a rail and securely held thereon by the biting teeth of the blocks provided within the fulcrum, and the engaging face of the lever section being so constructed as to engage both the face and the flange of a car wheel.

The device just described is adapted for use upon car wheels where not a great amount of leverage is required to pinch the wheels, but for use upon heavy or loaded cars more power is required to successfully move the car, and to provide for this, I have produced a handle extension comprising a cylindrical tube having one of its ends provided with diametrically opposite cut-away portions 26adapted to engage with the squared projection -20 provided upon each side of the lever 19. j

When the tube 25 is inserted upon the tapering lever 19, the washer 23 is adapted to bear upon the inner surface of the tube, and the cut away portions of the tube engage the projections 20 upon the lever 15, thus presenting a substantial bearing for the tube.

Should still further leverage be desired an additional tube 27 may, as illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings, be inserted within the free end of the tube 25 and be secured therein by the bolt 28 passing through suitable openings provided within the tubes 25 and 27, and an additional securing means 29, comprising a clamping strap provided with projecting ears 3() having ol enings for the rece tion of a bolt 31, the t readed portion of w ich being engaged by a nut or retaining element 32 which is adapted to press the ears of the strap together and rigidly securing the strap upon the tube 25, at a point at or near the free end of the tube.

' With the construction of devices for pinching cars just described it will be readily seen that Ihave provided simple and efficient means comprising handles or levers readily attachable and removable from the main lever of the car mover whereby a greater or lesser amount of leverage may be attained as desired. j

While I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will of course be understood that minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim 1s:-

1. A device for moving cars, comprising a fulcrum block having removable sides and provided with biting teeth, an operating member pivoted between the removable sides, said member comprising a face portion and a toe portion of lesser width than the face and provided-with outwardly inclined sides, and

a lever arranged at an angle to the face portion.

2. A device for moving cars, comprising a fulcrum block having biting teeth and projecting sides, an operating member pivotally secured betweenl the sides, said member having a face portion and a lever arranged at an angle to the face portion, squared projections upon two sides of the lever, and a tube having squared openings provided upon its face adapted to engage with the lever and the projections upon the sides of the lever.

3. A device for moving cars, comprising a fulcrum block having teeth on its under face and projecting sides, an operating member pivotally secured between the sides, said C/Il AR'LIE EDWARD ENGBAR'IH f Witnesses:

' O. L. BAILEY,

T. J. AMES. 

